Withdrawl?

[cyberius]

9 days ago I got a half ounce of weed, and I just finished it. This is the first time in a while I have smoked, the last time before 9 days ago was in January.

I smoked a couple times a day, usually with friends, but I had a good 10 grams over 9 days I'm estimating, and I think I am experiencing withdrawal.

I feel generally uneasy. I can't really explain it, but I always feel like there is something I'm forgetting. My mind also feels like it's racing whenever I'm not doing anything.

Is this common after quitting frequent use?

 

[yeahbutno]

There is 1000000 of these threads here on thr first couple pages.

I suggest you never try heroin, benzos etc

 

[Jibult]

I suggest you never try heroin, benzos etc

How in the fuck does that help answer a legitimate question?

Cyberius, it is common. You'll get people telling you it's all in your mind and implying that you're weak-willed and should never try harder drugs, but there most definitely is a sort of afterglow/hangover from chronic marijuana use. Truthfully, though, I feel you don't fall into that category. You went through 14g in 9 days and sure, that's a lot, but your habit wasn't sustained over a long period of time. I'm thinking any negative lingering effects will dissipate fairly quickly for you.

and yeahbutno was on the money with his first sentence. There are plenty of threads concerning this very topic that may be able to help put your mind at ease by reading through.

 

[Egzoset]

Salutations Cyberius,

...10 grams over 9 days...

Well, i'll always recall consuming 14 g of dry cannabis flowers in 10 days for my initiation to vaporism, with lots of couch-locks in between... For me being able to share the moment with trusted people would have made the difference between frequent use and frequent abuse i believe but at least it wasn't unpleasant: acquiring a better equilibrium just required more time. Instead of large dense ballons intended to be emptied all at once in a matter of minutes, etc., i'm finally evaluating an alternate "1 hit" delivery method that spreads my inhalations while making significant savings, because of a smaller load size (8 fluffy bowls per gram or so), each load being worth about 3 to 5 tasty/satisfying inhalations, leaving depleted material behind for cooking, etc... Fewer couch-locks result from this while the lesser roller-coaster pace seems beneficial to me, in addition i find the new ritual even more convenient as it fills a few gaps in terms of timeline.

In some way a smoked joint isn't very different from doing large vapour bags as there's also pressure to finish it: with an HA i'd called it the "Locomotive Effect" (hard to stop once set in motion), with a smoked joint i'd tag that the "Fire-Fighter Effect" (because of the rush once lit)...

Have you considered other means to consume your cannabis??

I wonder, perhaps the roller-coaster pace affects you in more ways than initially expected.

 

[manman]

If there is any sort of legitmate withdrawal from cannabis, 9 days is defintely not long enough to become (dependent?) The closest thing I've had to withdrawal from cannabis was a binge that lasted a good five years of smoking daily (high grade) and than stopping on a dime cold turkey. It was a bit harder to sleep, maybe a slightly depressed mood and some anxiety. It is *NOTHING* however, compared to alcohol, benzo, opiate withdrawal, *NOTHING*. You might get some slack from people who have experienced *TRUE WITHDRAWAL* rightly so, imo. You could argue cannabis is mentally addicting, however in *NO* way is it *PHYSICALLY*addicting.

9 days ago I got a half ounce of weed, and I just finished it. This is the first time in a while I have smoked, the last time before 9 days ago was in January.

I smoked a couple times a day, usually with friends, but I had a good 10 grams over 9 days I'm estimating, and I think I am experiencing withdrawal.

I feel generally uneasy. I can't really explain it, but I always feel like there is something I'm forgetting. My mind also feels like it's racing whenever I'm not doing anything.

Is this common after quitting frequent use?

 

[Jibult]

If there is any sort of legitmate withdrawal from cannabis, 9 days is defintely not long enough to become (dependent?) The closest thing I've had to withdrawal from cannabis was a binge that lasted a good five years of smoking daily (high grade) and than stopping on a dime cold turkey. It was a bit harder to sleep, maybe a slightly depressed mood and some anxiety. It is *NOTHING* however, compared to alcohol, benzo, opiate withdrawal, *NOTHING*. You might get some slack from people who have experienced *TRUE WITHDRAWAL* rightly so, imo. You could argue cannabis is mentally addicting, however in *NO* way is it *PHYSICALLY*addicting.

I think a big factor in whether or not you think you have withdrawal symptoms is if a person is self-medicating a mental disorder (even one like generalized anxiety disorder) that they don't realize they're afflicted with. When you stop smoking/medicating, your symptoms start to show or become more prevalent and they're confused with withdrawal.

It's kind of strange that I've just now thought of that after reading your post. It seems almost like common sense to me in retrospect. I do believe there are withdrawal symptoms like excessive sweating, sleeplessness and irritability, but I definitely don't think marijuana withdrawal is a serious thing to go through for your average Joe Toker.


I've gone through alprazolam withdrawals several times and feel like I can confidently recognize when the absence of a substance in my body is causing negative things to happen. I don't know it for a fact, though, so marijuana addiction and withdrawal is truthfully only a belief in my case.

 

[DexWeedAndMe]

Aye.. cannabis withdrawal is very real. Nothing like opiates and the like. I've never experienced the latter, as I've never been much into "harder" drugs. Dabbled a bit, yes.. but I'm getting off topic. Here's how I look at it.. cannabis is a life enhancer. It doesn't really get you (by which I mean the user) "fucked up" but rather makes everything you do happier and overall better. So naturally, when the life enhancer is taken away, it is much easier to become anxious, agitated, etc. This is just speaking from personal experience however.. I can't speak for you.

 

[Chris84]

I most definetly get cannabis withdrawals, been smoking it since I was 13 or 14, now I'm 28 and the longest I've had off is a week when I went on holiday. I have experienced heroin withdrawals and benzo withdrawals, heroin is physical, benzos are mental, cannabis is a bit of both. Without weed I can't sleep, have no appetite, extremely short temper, anxiety/panic attacks and fatigue. I know cannabis isn't supposed to be addictive, but I think the increase in strength has played a big part in making it addictive as the effects of some indica strains more closely mimic opiates now, making it much harder to just stop. As I have given up heroin, but I just can't seem to stop cannabis.

 

[ThaKilo]

I dont know if its so much of a "withdraw" rather than just a side effect from cannabis. In my earlier years of smoking i noticed wen i smoked a lot i had a sort of "come down" and just didnt feel right wen sober. Also its know to cause depression and anxiety wen sober. Which sounds like you may be experiencing some of that. It will go away eventually, or just smoke more hah

 

[Jibult]

benzos are mental

Err.... I disagree wholeheartedly. It may feel less "physical" than opiate withdrawal but I'm fairly confident that when withdrawing from a certain substance has the ability to end your life then it is physical at the very least. I'm not referring to all benzodiazepines here, though, just my wonder-drug-- alprazolam/Xanax. Seizures are no bueno, brutha, and that's only one of a myriad of potential symptoms.


Not trying to derail here, just felt the need to refute a statement that I felt incorrect.

 

[yeahbutno]

How in the fuck does that help answer a legitimate question?
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Dont need to answer that when there's a million threads on here.
This guy cant handle not having a smoke, dont think he would make it through any other withdrawals

 

[Chris84]

Err.... I disagree wholeheartedly. It may feel less "physical" than opiate withdrawal but I'm fairly confident that when withdrawing from a certain substance has the ability to end your life then it is physical at the very least. I'm not referring to all benzodiazepines here, though, just my wonder-drug-- alprazolam/Xanax. Seizures are no bueno, brutha, and that's only one of a myriad of potential symptoms.


Not trying to derail here, just felt the need to refute a statement that I felt incorrect.

Ok, I obviously didn't explain myself properly then. I'm not saying coming off benzos isn't dangerous if you just stop cold turkey. What I meant was benzo withdrawals are more psychological than physical, yes they do have some physical symptoms, but the worst part of coming off benzos is the psychological part, like anxiety/panic attacks etc. I came off benzos, it took a long time and the most persistent problems I had were mental/psychological, not physical. The after effects of benzo withdrawals go on for months, that's what I meant. I didn't mean benzo withdrawals have no physical side-effects, I meant the vast majority of the side-effects are psychological. Everyone knows seizures are a possibility when coming off benzos, but that's not the same as when your whole body is in agony from opiate withdrawals. I have been through both a benzo reduction plan to get off xanax (never came close to having a seizure) and also a methadone reduction plan to get me off heroin. I have also got off both of those cold turkey in the past when I couldn't get help from the doctor, again without coming close to having a seizure. Benzo withdrawals are more dangerous, yes, but I would class it as mental because your body doesn't ache for benzos, but your mind does crave them, plus you don't get the intense physical withdrawals like you do with opiates. The risk of seizure is the only physical danger in stopping benzos, and when you do stop benzos ALL of the withdrawal symptoms are psychological, I still suffer from panic attacks and I stopped benzos months ago, so I would class that as psychological. Until you've been through both yourself you're just guessing and what it would be like.

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

How in the fuck does that help answer a legitimate question?

You'd be surprised the idiotic things people suggest.

Err.... I disagree wholeheartedly.

That said, I am in total agreement. Benzo withdrawal is mostly physical; if you don't agree then you haven't been in its deepest throes.

 

[waking_state]

How in the fuck does that help answer a legitimate question?

Cyberius, it is common. You'll get people telling you it's all in your mind and implying that you're weak-willed and should never try harder drugs, but there most definitely is a sort of afterglow/hangover from chronic marijuana use. Truthfully, though, I feel you don't fall into that category. You went through 14g in 9 days and sure, that's a lot, but your habit wasn't sustained over a long period of time. I'm thinking any negative lingering effects will dissipate fairly quickly for you.

and yeahbutno was on the money with his first sentence. There are plenty of threads concerning this very topic that may be able to help put your mind at ease by reading through.

top answer / interesting posts

you're really on the ball man

 

[Chris84]

That said, I am in total agreement. Benzo withdrawal is mostly physical; if you don't agree then you haven't been in its deepest throes.

I wouldn't assume I haven't been in the deepest throes of benzo addiction, as we don't know each other and the last thing I want to do is argue, as I am always open to being proved wrong. I keep agreeing that benzos have physical withdrawals, but that the worst part (for just me it seems) was the psychological. The physical side of the withdrawals from benzos lasted weeks, the psychological symptoms lasted months. That's what happened for me, so that's why I said they were mainly psychological, if it's different for everyone else then I'll just consider myself lucky. And sorry to the OP for deviating from the main question.